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The electoral history of the BJP and its predecessors in general elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India.

## Lok Sabha[edit]

Year  | Legislature  | Party leader  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing  | Outcome  | Ref.

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1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 229  |

2 / 541

|  2  | 7.74%  | –  | Opposition  | [1][2]
1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 225  |

85 / 545

|  83  | 11.36%  |  3.62%  | Outside support for NF | [3]
1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 477  |

120 / 545

|  35  | 20.11%  |  8.75%  | Opposition  | [4]
1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 471  |

161 / 545

|  41  | 20.29%  |  0.18%  | Government, later opposition  | [5]
1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 388  |

182 / 545

|  21  | 25.59%  |  5.30%  | Coalition  | [6]
1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 339  |

182 / 545

|  | 23.75%  |  1.84%  | Coalition  | [7]
2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 364  |

138 / 543

|  44  | 22.16%  |  1.69%  | Opposition  | [8]
2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 433  |

116 / 543

|  22  | 18.80%  |  3.36%  | Opposition  | [9]
2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi | 425  |

282 / 543

|  166  | 31.34%  |  12.54%  | Government  | [10]
2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi | 437  |

303 / 543

|  21  | 37.46%  |  6.12%  | Government  | [11]
2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi | 441  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Andhra Pradesh[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1983 | 294  | 80  | 3  | \-  | 582,464  | 2.76  | \-
1985 | 294  | 10  | 8  | 5  | 372,978  | 1.62  | 1.14
1989 | 294  | 12  | 5  | 3  | 512,305  | 1.78  | 0.16
1994 | 294  | 280  | 3  | 2  | 1,210,878  | 3.89  | 2.11
1999 | 294  | 24  | 12  | 9  | 1,223,481  | 3.67  | 0.22
2004 | 294  | 27  | 2  | 10  | 942,008  | 2.63  | 1.04
2009 | 294  | 271  | 2  |  | 1,192,814  | 2.84  | 0.21
2014 | 294  | 58  | 9  | 7  | 2,000,677  | 4.13  | 1.29
After the state's bifurcation in 2014
2019 | 175  | 173  | 0  | 4  | 264,437  | 0.84  | \-
2024 | 175  | 10  |  |  |  |  |

## Arunachal Pradesh[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1984 | 30  | 6  | 1  | \-  | 17,283  | 7.69  | \-
1990 | 60  | Not Contested
1995 | 60  | 15  | 0  |  | 14,335  | 3.37  | \-
1999 | 60  | 23  | 0  |  | 44,556  | 10.83  | 7.46
2004 | 60  | 39  | 9  | 9  | 87,312  | 19.0  | 8.17
2009 | 60  | 18  | 3  | 6  | 29,929  | 5.21  | 13.79
2014 | 60  | 42  | 11  | 8  | 157,412  | 30.97  | 25.76
2019 | 60  | 60  | 41  | 30  | 315,540  | 50.86  | 19.89
2024 | 60  | 60  | 46  | 5  | 332,773  | 54.57  | 3.71

## Assam[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1983 | 126  | Not Contested
1985 | 126  | 37  | 0  | \-  | 79,068  | 1.07  | \-
1991 | 126  | 48  | 10  | 10  | 548,271  | 6.55  | 5.48
1996 | 126  | 117  | 4  | 6  | 946,236  | 10.41  | 4.93
2001 | 126  | 46  | 8  | 4  | 995,004  | 9.35  | 1.06
2006 | 126  | 125  | 10  | 2  | 1,581,925  | 11.98  | 2.63
2011 | 126  | 120  | 5  | 5  | 1,584,895  | 11.47  | 0.51
2016 | 126  | 89  | 60  | 55  | 4,992,185  | 29.51  | 18.04
2021 | 126  | 93  | 60  |  | 6,384,538  | 33.21  | 3.7

## Bihar[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 324  | 246  | 21  | \-  | 1,891,325  | 8.41  | \-
1985 | 324  | 234  | 16  | 5  | 1,833,275  | 7.54  | 0.87
1990 | 324  | 237  | 39  | 23  | 3,721,392  | 11.61  | 4.07
1995 | 324  | 315  | 41  | 2  | 4,480,363  | 12.96  | 1.35
2000 | 324  | 168  | 67  | 26  | 5,424,687  | 14.64  | 1.68
After the state's bifurcation in 2000
2005
(FEB) | 243  | 103  | 37  | \-  | 2,686,290  | 10.97  | \-
2005
(OCT) | 243  | 102  | 55  | 18  | 3,686,720  | 15.65  | 4.68
2010 | 243  | 102  | 91  | 36  | 4,790,436  | 16.49  | 0.84
2015 | 243  | 157  | 53  | 38  | 9,308,015  | 24.42  | 7.93
2020 | 243  | 110  | 74  | 21  | 8,202,067  | 19.46  | 4.96

## Chhattisgarh[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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2003 | 90  | 90  | 50  | \-  | 3,789,914  | 39.26  | \-
2008 | 90  | 90  | 50  |  | 4,333,934  | 40.33  | 1.07
2013 | 90  | 90  | 49  | 1  | 5,365,272  | 41.04  | 0.71
2018 | 90  | 90  | 15  | 34  | 4,706,830  | 32.97  | 8.07
2023 | 90  | 90  | 54  | 39  | 7,234,968  | 46.27  | 13.33

## Delhi[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1993 | 70  | 70  | 49  | \-  | 1,520,675  | 42.82  | \-
1998 | 70  | 67  | 15  | 34  | 1,390,689  | 34.02  | 8.8
2003 | 70  | 70  | 20  | 5  | 1,589,323  | 35.22  | 1.2
2008 | 70  | 69  | 23  | 3  | 2,244,629  | 36.34  | 1.12
2013 | 70  | 68  | 31  | 8  | 2,604,100  | 33.07  | 3.27
2015 | 70  | 69  | 3  | 28  | 2,890,485  | 32.19  | 0.88
2020 | 70  | 67  | 8  | 5  | 3,575,529  | 38.51  | 6.32

## Goa[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1984 | 30  | 16  | 0  | \-  | 4915  | 1.21  | \-
1989 | 40  | 7  | 0  |  | 1985  | 0.39  | 0.82
1994 | 40  | 12  | 4  | 4  | 52,094  | 9.05  | 8.66
1999 | 40  | 39  | 10  | 6  | 150,959  | 26.15  | 17.1
2002 | 40  | 39  | 17  | 7  | 226,350  | 35.57  | 9.42
2007 | 40  | 33  | 14  | 3  | 215,605  | 30.32  | 5.25
2012 | 40  | 28  | 21  | 7  | 294,392  | 34.68  | 4.36
2017 | 40  | 36  | 13  | 8  | 297,588  | 32.48  | 2.2
2022 | 40  | 40  | 20  | 7  | 316,573  | 33.3  | 0.82

## Gujarat[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 182  | 127  | 9  | \-  | 1,090,652  | 14.02  | \-
1985 | 182  | 124  | 11  | 2  | 1,379,120  | 14.96  | 0.94
1990 | 182  | 143  | 67  | 56  | 3,386,256  | 26.69  | 11.73
1995 | 182  | 182  | 121  | 54  | 7,672,401  | 42.51  | 15.82
1998 | 182  | 182  | 117  | 4  | 7,300,826  | 44.81  | 2.3
2002 | 182  | 182  | 127  | 10  | 10,194,353  | 49.85  | 5.04
2007 | 182  | 182  | 117  | 10  | 10,739,972  | 49.12  | 0.73
2012 | 182  | 182  | 115  | 2  | 13,119,579  | 47.85  | 1.27
2017 | 182  | 182  | 99  | 16  | 14,724,031  | 49.05  | 1.2
2022 | 182  | 182  | 156  | 57  | 16,707,962  | 52.5  | 3.45

## Haryana[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1982 | 90  | 24  | 6  | \-  | 376,604  | 7.67  | \-
1987 | 90  | 20  | 16  | 10  | 613,819  | 10.08  | 2.41
1991 | 90  | 89  | 2  | 14  | 582,850  | 9.43  | 0.65
1996 | 90  | 25  | 11  | 9  | 672,558  | 8.88  | 0.55
2000 | 90  | 29  | 6  | 5  | 684,283  | 8.94  | 0.06
2005 | 90  | 90  | 2  | 4  | 949,176  | 10.36  | 1.42
2009 | 90  | 90  | 4  | 2  | 857,831  | 9.04  | 1.32
2014 | 90  | 90  | 47  | 43  | 4,125,285  | 33.20  | 24.16
2019 | 90  | 90  | 40  | 7  | 4,569,016  | 36.49  | 3.29

## Himachal Pradesh[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1982 | 68  | 67  | 29  | \-  | 545,037  | 35.16  | \-
1985 | 68  | 57  | 7  | 22  | 502,252  | 30.61  | 4.55
1990 | 68  | 51  | 46  | 39  | 858,518  | 41.78  | 11.17
1993 | 68  | 68  | 8  | 38  | 840,233  | 36.14  | 5.64
1998 | 68  | 68  | 31  | 23  | 995,482  | 39.02  | 2.88
2003 | 68  | 68  | 16  | 25  | 1,079,882  | 35.38  | 3.64
2007 | 68  | 68  | 41  | 25  | 1,441,142  | 43.78  | 8.4
2012 | 68  | 68  | 26  | 15  | 1,300,756  | 38.47  | 5.31
2017 | 68  | 68  | 44  | 18  | 1,846,432  | 48.79  | 10.32
2022 | 68  | 68  | 25  | 19  | 1,814,530  | 43.00  | 5.79

## Jammu and Kashmir[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1983 | 76  | 27  | 0  | \-  | 70,193  | 3.19  | \-
1987 | 76  | 29  | 2  | 2  | 132,528  | 5.10  | 1.91
1996 | 87  | 53  | 8  | 6  | 301,238  | 12.13  | 7.03
2002 | 87  | 58  | 1  | 7  | 227,633  | 8.57  | 3.56
2008 | 87  | 64  | 11  | 10  | 493,757  | 12.45  | 3.88
2014 | 87  | 75  | 25  | 14  | 1,107,194  | 22.98  | 10.53
No elections after The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act In 2019

## Jharkhand[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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2005 | 81  | 63  | 30  | \-  | 2,387,130  | 23.57  | \-
2009 | 81  | 67  | 18  | 12  | 2,074,215  | 20.18  | 3.39
2014 | 81  | 72  | 37  | 19  | 4,334,728  | 31.26  | 11.08
2019 | 81  | 79  | 25  | 12  | 5,022,374  | 33.37  | 2.11

## Karnataka[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1983 | 224  | 110  | 18  | \-  | 1,024,892  | 7.93  | \-
1985 | 224  | 116  | 2  | 16  | 571,280  | 3.88  | 4.05
1989 | 224  | 118  | 4  | 2  | 755,032  | 4.14  | 0.26
1994 | 224  | 223  | 40  | 36  | 3,517,119  | 16.99  | 12.85
1999 | 224  | 149  | 44  | 4  | 4,598,741  | 20.69  | 3.7
2004 | 224  | 198  | 79  | 35  | 7,118,658  | 28.33  | 7.64
2008 | 224  | 224  | 110  | 31  | 8,857,754  | 33.86  | 5.53
2013 | 224  | 223  | 40  | 70  | 6,236,227  | 19.89  | 13.97
2018 | 224  | 223  | 104  | 64  | 13,268,284  | 36.22  | 16.33
2023 | 224  | 224  | 66  | 38  | 1,40,96,604  | 36.00  | 0.35

## Kerala[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1982 | 140  | 69  | 0  | \-  | 263,331  | 2.75  | \-
1987 | 140  | 116  | 0  |  | 708,261  | 5.56  | 2.81
1991 | 140  | 137  | 0  |  | 674,525  | 4.76  | 0.8
1996 | 140  | 127  | 0  |  | 781,090  | 5.48  | 0.72
2001 | 140  | 123  | 0  |  | 789,764  | 5.02  | 0.46
2006 | 140  | 136  | 0  |  | 738,244  | 4.75  | 0.27
2011 | 140  | 138  | 0  |  | 1,053,654  | 6.03  | 1.28
2016 | 140  | 98  | 1  | 1  | 2,129,726  | 10.53  | 4.5
2021 | 140  | 115  | 0  | 1  | 2,354,468  | 11.3  | 0.77

## Madhya Pradesh[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 320  | 310  | 60  | \-  | 3,665,201  | 30.34  | \-
1985 | 320  | 312  | 58  | 2  | 4,606,133  | 32.45  | 2.11
1990 | 320  | 269  | 220  | 162  | 7,779,942  | 39.14  | 6.69
1993 | 320  | 320  | 117  | 103  | 9,188,602  | 38.82  | 0.32
1998 | 320  | 320  | 119  | 2  | 10,430,233  | 39.28  | 0.46
After the state's bifurcation in 2000
2003 | 230  | 230  | 173  | \-  | 10,836,807  | 42.50  | \-
2008 | 230  | 228  | 143  | 30  | 9,493,641  | 37.64  | 4.86
2013 | 230  | 230  | 165  | 22  | 15,191,335  | 44.88  | 7.24
2018 | 230  | 230  | 109  | 56  | 15,643,623  | 41.02  | 3.86
2023 | 230  | 230  | 163  | 54  | 21,116,197  | 48.55  | 7.53

## Maharashtra[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 288  | 145  | 14  | \-  | 1,645,734  | 9.38  | \-
1985 | 288  | 67  | 16  | 2  | 1,590,351  | 7.25  | 2.13
1990 | 288  | 104  | 42  | 26  | 3,180,482  | 10.71  | 3.46
1995 | 288  | 116  | 65  | 23  | 4,932,767  | 12.80  | 2.09
1999 | 288  | 117  | 56  | 9  | 4,776,301  | 14.54  | 1.74
2004 | 288  | 111  | 54  | 2  | 5,717,287  | 13.67  | 0.87
2009 | 288  | 119  | 46  | 8  | 6,352,147  | 14.02  | 0.35
2014 | 288  | 260  | 122  | 76  | 14,709,276  | 27.81  | 13.79
2019 | 288  | 164  | 105  | 17  | 14,199,375  | 25.75  | 2.06

## Manipur[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1984 | 60  | 12  | 0  | \-  | 6,163  | 0.71  | \-
1990 | 54  | 11  | 0  |  | 18,549  | 1.87  | 1.16
1995 | 60  | 20  | 1  | 1  | 38,405  | 3.35  | 1.48
2000 | 60  | 39  | 6  | 5  | 142,174  | 11.28  | 7.93
2002 | 60  | 46  | 4  | 2  | 126,044  | 9.55  | 1.73
2007 | 60  | 14  | 0  | 4  | 12,536  | 0.85  | 8.7
2012 | 60  | 19  | 0  |  | 29,663  | 2.12  | 1.27
2017 | 60  | 60  | 21  | 21  | 601,539  | 36.28  | 34.16
2022 | 60  | 60  | 32  | 11  | 702,632  | 37.83  | 1.55

## Meghalaya[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1993 | 60  | 20  | 0  | \-  | 29,948  | 3.68  | \-
1998 | 60  | 28  | 3  | 3  | 41,924  | 5.01  | 1.33
2003 | 60  | 28  | 2  | 1  | 48,932  | 5.42  | 0.41
2008 | 60  | 23  | 1  | 1  | 29,465  | 2.67  | 2.75
2013 | 60  | 13  | 0  | 1  | 16,800  | 1.27  | 1.4
2018 | 60  | 47  | 2  | 2  | 151,292  | 9.63  | 8.36
2023 | 60  | 60  | 2  |  | 173,083  | 9.17  | 0.46

## Mizoram[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1993 | 40  | 8  | 0  | \-  | 10,004  | 3.11  | \-
1998 | 40  | 12  | 0  |  | 8,448  | 2.50  | 0.61
2003 | 40  | 8  | 0  |  | 7,823  | 1.87  | 0.63
2008 | 40  | 9  | 0  |  | 2,222  | 0.44  | 1.43
2013 | 40  | 17  | 0  |  | 2,139  | 0.37  | 0.07
2018 | 40  | 39  | 1  | 1  | 51,087  | 8.09  | 7.72
2023 | 40  | 23  | 2  | 1  | 35,524  | 5.06  | 3.03

## Nagaland[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1987 | 60  | 2  | 0  | \-  | 926  | 0.19  | \-
1989 | 60  | Not Contested
1993 | 60  | 6  | 0  | \-  | 2,561  | 0.35  | \-
1998 | 60  | Not Contested
2003 | 60  | 38  | 7  | \-  | 96,658  | 10.88  | \-
2008 | 60  | 23  | 2  | 5  | 60,627  | 5.35  | 5.53
2013 | 60  | 11  | 1  | 1  | 19,121  | 1.75  | 3.6
2018 | 60  | 20  | 12  | 11  | 153,864  | 15.31  | 13.56
2023 | 60  | 20  | 12  |  | 215,336  | 18.81  | 3.5

## Odisha[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 147  | 28  | 0  | \-  | 86,421  | 1.36  | \-
1985 | 147  | 67  | 1  | 1  | 204,346  | 2.60  | 1.24
1990 | 147  | 63  | 2  | 1  | 390,060  | 3.56  | 0.96
1995 | 147  | 144  | 9  | 7  | 1,245,996  | 7.88  | 4.32
2000 | 147  | 63  | 38  | 29  | 2,570,074  | 18.20  | 10.32
2004 | 147  | 63  | 32  | 6  | 2,898,105  | 17.11  | 1.09
2009 | 147  | 145  | 6  | 26  | 2,674,067  | 15.05  | 2.06
2014 | 147  | 147  | 10  | 4  | 3,874,748  | 17.99  | 2.94
2019 | 146  | 146  | 23  | 13  | 7,612,449  | 32.49  | 14.5
2024 | 147  | 147  |  |  |  |  |

## Puducherry[edit]

Year  | Assembly  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing  | Nominated MLAs

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1985 | 7th  | 30  | 3  | 0  | \-  | 158  | 0.05  | 0.05  | 0
1990 | 8th  | 30  | 8  | 0  |  | 2,154  | 0.51  | 0.46  | 0
1991 | 9th  | 30  | 12  | 0  |  | 3,045  | 0.78  | 0.27  | 0
1996 | 10th  | 30  | 14  | 0  |  | 5,217  | 1.13  | 0.35  | 0
2001 | 11th  | 30  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 22,164  | 4.65  | 3.52  | 0
2006 | 12th  | 30  | 27  | 0  | 1  | 17,356  | 3.07  | 1.58  | 0
2011 | 13th  | 30  | 20  | 0  |  | 9,183  | 1.32  | 1.75  | 1
2016 | 14th | 30  | 30  | 0  |  | 19,303  | 2.41  | 1.09  | 3
2021 | 15th | 30  | 9  | 6  | 6  | 114,298  | 13.66  | 11.25  | 3[12]

## Punjab[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 117  | 41  | 1  | \-  | 405,106  | 6.48  | \-
1985 | 117  | 26  | 6  | 5  | 345,560  | 4.99  | 1.49
1992 | 117  | 66  | 6  |  | 495,161  | 16.48  | 11.49
1997 | 117  | 22  | 18  | 12  | 857,219  | 8.33  | 8.15
2002 | 117  | 23  | 3  | 15  | 583,214  | 5.67  | 2.66
2007 | 117  | 23  | 19  | 16  | 1,046,451  | 8.28  | 2.61
2012 | 117  | 23  | 12  | 7  | 998,098  | 7.18  | 1.1
2017 | 117  | 23  | 3  | 9  | 833,092  | 5.39  | 1.79
2022 | 117  | 73  | 2  | 1  | 1,027,143  | 6.60  | 1.21

## Rajasthan[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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1980 | 200  | 123  | 32  | \-  | 1,721,321  | 18.60  | \-
1985 | 200  | 118  | 39  | 7  | 2,437,594  | 21.24  | 2.64
1990 | 200  | 128  | 85  | 46  | 3,744,945  | 25.25  | 4.01
1993 | 199  | 196  | 95  | 10  | 6498330  | 38.60  | 13.35
1998 | 200  | 196  | 33  | 62  | 6,258,509  | 33.23  | 5.37
2003 | 200  | 197  | 120  | 87  | 8,929,572  | 39.20  | 5.97
2008 | 200  | 193  | 78  | 42  | 8,258,966  | 34.27  | 4.93
2013 | 200  | 200  | 163  | 85  | 13,939,203  | 45.17  | 10.9
2018 | 200  | 200  | 73  | 90  | 13,829,046  | 38.77  | 6.4
2023 | 200  | 200  | 115  | 42  | 16,608,741  | 41.70  | 2.93

## Sikkim[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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|
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1994 | 32  | 3  | 0  | \-  | 274  | 0.16  | \-
1999 | 32  | Not Contested
2004 | 32  | 4  | 0  | \-  | 667  | 0.34  | \-
2009 | 32  | 11  | 0  |  | 1,966  | 0.78  | 0.44
2014 | 32  | 13  | 0  |  | 2208  | 0.71  | 0.07
2019 | 32  | 12  | 0  |  | 5,700  | 1.62  | 0.91
2024 | 32  | 31  | 0  |  | 19,956  | 5.18  | 3.56

## Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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|
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1980 | 234  | 10  | 0  | \-  | 13,177  | 0.07  | \-
1984 | 234  | 15  | 0  |  | 54,390  | 0.25  | 0.18
1989 | 234  | 31  | 0  |  | 84,865  | 0.35  | 0.10
1991 | 234  | 99  | 0  |  | 419,229  | 1.70  | 1.35
1996 | 234  | 143  | 1  | 1  | 490,453  | 1.81  | 0.11
2001 | 234  | 21  | 4  | 3  | 895,352  | 3.19  | 1.38
2006 | 234  | 225  | 0  | 4  | 666,823  | 2.02  | 1.17
2011 | 234  | 204  | 0  |  | 819,577  | 2.22  | 0.20
2016 | 234  | 188  | 0  |  | 1,228,704  | 2.84  | 0.62
2021 | 234  | 20  | 4  | 4  | 1,213,510  | 2.62  | 0.22

## Telangana[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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|
|
|

2018 | 119  | 117  | 1  | \-  | 1,443,799  | 6.98  | \-
2023 | 119  | 111  | 8  | 7  | 3,257,511  | 13.90  | 6.92

## Tripura[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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|
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1983 | 60  | 4  | 0  | \-  | 578  | 0.06  | \-
1988 | 60  | 10  | 0  |  | 1,757  | 0.15  | 0.09
1993 | 60  | 38  | 0  |  | 27,078  | 2.02  | 1.87
1998 | 60  | 60  | 0  |  | 80,272  | 5.87  | 3.85
2003 | 60  | 21  | 0  |  | 20,032  | 1.32  | 4.55
2008 | 60  | 49  | 0  |  | 28,102  | 1.49  | 0.17
2013 | 60  | 50  | 0  |  | 33,808  | 1.54  | 0.05
2018 | 60  | 51  | 36  | 36  | 1,025,673  | 43.59  | 42.05
2023 | 60  | 55  | 32  | 3  | 985,797  | 38.97  | 4.62

## Uttar Pradesh[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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|
|
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1980 | 425  | 400  | 11  | \-  | 2,777,731  | 10.76  | \-
1985 | 425  | 347  | 16  | 5  | 2,890,884  | 9.83  | 0.93
1989 | 425  | 275  | 57  | 41  | 4,522,867  | 11.61  | 1.78
1991 | 425  | 415  | 221  | 164  | 11,770,214  | 31.45  | 19.84
1996 | 424  | 422  | 177  | 44  | 16,637,720  | 33.30  | 1.85
After the state's bifurcation in 2000
2002 | 403  | 320  | 88  | \-  | 10,776,078  | 20.08  | \-
2007 | 403  | 350  | 51  | 37  | 8,851,199  | 16.97  | 3.11
2012 | 403  | 398  | 47  | 4  | 11,371,080  | 15.00  | 1.97
2017 | 403  | 384  | 312  | 265  | 34,403,299  | 39.67  | 24.67
2022 | 403  | 376  | 255  | 57  | 38,051,721  | 41.29  | 1.62

## Uttarakhand[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of  | Vote swing

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2002 | 70  | 69  | 19  | \-  | 728,134  | 25.45  | \-
2007 | 69  | 69  | 34  | 15  | 1,203,726  | 31.90  | 6.45
2012 | 70  | 70  | 31  | 3  | 1,4083,41  | 33.13  | 1.23
2017 | 70  | 70  | 57  | 26  | 2,314,250  | 46.51  | 13.38
2022 | 70  | 70  | 47  | 10  | 2,383,838  | 44.33  | 3.18

## West Bengal[edit]

Year  | Total Seats  | Seats Contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Votes  | Percentage of  | Vote swing

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1982 | 294  | 52  | 0  | \-  | 129,994  | 0.58  | \-
1987 | 294  | 57  | 0  |  | 134,867  | 0.51  | 0.07
1991 | 294  | 291  | 0  |  | 3,513,121  | 11.34  | 10.76
1996 | 294  | 292  | 0  |  | 2,372,480  | 6.45  | 4.89
2001 | 294  | 266  | 0  |  | 1,901,351  | 5.19  | 1.26
2006 | 294  | 29  | 0  |  | 760,236  | 1.93  | 3.26
2011 | 294  | 289  | 0  |  | 1,934,650  | 4.06  | 2.13
2016 | 294  | 291  | 3  | 3  | 5,555,134  | 10.16  | 6.1
2021 | 292  | 291  | 77  | 74  | 22,850,710  | 38.13  | 27.97

## References[edit]

1. ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1984 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 81. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
2. ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1985 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
3. ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1989 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
4. ^ Election Commission 1991.
5. ^ Election Commission 1996.
6. ^ Election Commission 1998.
7. ^ Election Commission 1999.
8. ^ Election Commission 2004.
9. ^ Election Commission 2009.
10. ^ "LS 2014 : List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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12. ^ "BJP grows stronger in Puducherry as 3 party men nominated as MLAs". The Deccan Herald. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

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* "Statistical report on general elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
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